Raaga Based Song Of The Day #76

Lata Mangeshkar flanked by Laxmikant Pyarelal with Sadhana and Raj Khosla on the right (Pic courtesy: Learning and Creativity)

Some of Lata Mangeshkar’s best songs are picturised on Sadhana.These include: O sajana barkha bahar aayi, Mere mehboob tujhe meri mohabbat ki kasam, Nainon mein badra chhaye, Lag jaa gale ke phir, Naina barse rimjhim rimjhim and Tera mera pyaar amar phir kyun mujhako lagata hai dar. Many of these have been composed by Lata ji’s “Madan bhaiyya”, ie, Madan Mohan. Many of these are from Raj Khosla movies; he made a triology of suspense movies starring Sadhana: Woh Kaun Thi, Mera Saya and Anita. This one is from his 1966 movie Mera Saya, the title song of the movie. Sadhana had Sunil Dutt opposite her in the movie.

We have completed seventy-five days of Raaga Based Songs of the Day. Our first post in the series was titled ‘Raaga Based Song Of The Day #1’ and the song was a Mohammad Rafi and Lata Mangeshkar song from the 1970 Shakti Samanta movie Pagla Kahin Ka: Tum mujhe youn bhula na paoge. It is in Raag Jhinjhoti, Tal Kaherava.

Our seventy-fifth post or the last post was titled ‘Raaga Based Song Of The Day #75‘ and the song was a Lata Mangeshkarsong from the 1961 Hrishikesh Mukherjee movie Chhaya starring Sunil Dutt, Asha Parekh and Nirupa Roy: Chham chham nachat aayi bahar. It is in Raag Bahar, Tal Tintal, Punjabi Theka, Kaherava.

Today’s song has been sung by Lata Mangeshkar on the lyrics of Raja Mehdi Ali Khanand composition by Madan Mohan. As I said, it is in Raag Nand,Tal Kaherava.

However, first, lets take up the value added learning of today. Today, we shall learn about list of Hindustani Classical Music Festivals in India and Abroad.

So, now, you are really interested in Indian Classical Music and would like to attend a festival near your place. Here is a list of festivals that are held in India for Hindustani Classical Music (Source: Wikipedia):

Sl. No.

Festival Name

Ist Yr

Country

State

City

1.

Rajarani Music Festival

(Annual Event)

India

Odisha

Bhubaneswar

2.

Qutub Festival

India

Delhi

New Delhi

3.

Karikan Parameshwari moonlight Sangeeta Festival

India

Karnataka

Honnavar

4.

Gunidaas Sangeet Samaroh

India

Maharashtra

Mumbai

5.

Harballabh Sangeet Sammelan

1875

India

Punjab

Jalandhar

6.

Tansen Samaroh

1950s

India

M.P.

Gwalior

7.

Swami Haridas Sangeet Sammelan

1952

India

Maharashtra

Mumbai

8.

Dover Lane Music Conference

1952

India

West Bengal

Kolkata

9.

Sawai Gandharva Bhimsen Festival

1953

India

Maharashtra

Pune

10.

Uttarpada Sangeet Chakra

1955

India

West Bengal

Uttarpada

11.

Sabrang Utsav

1968

India

Delhi

Delhi

12.

ITC SRA Sangeet Sammelan

1971

India

Various

Various

13.

Pandit Motiram Pandit

Maniram Sangeet Samaroh

1972

India

A.P.

Hyderabad

14.

Saptak Festival of Music

1980

India

Gujarat

Ahmedabad

15.

Ganga Mahotsava

1985

India

Various

Varanasi

16.

Nila Festival, Kerala

Kalamandalam

1986

India

Kerala

Cheruthuruthy

17.

Pandit Chatur Lal Festival

1990

India

New Delhi

Delhi

18.

Sangeet Martand Ustad Chand

Khan Music Festival

1992

India

New Delhi

Delhi

19.

Virasat

1995

India

Various

Various

20.

Ruhaniyat – The All India Sufi & Mystic Music Festival

2001

India

Various

Mumbai/Various

21.

Jahan-e-Khusrau

2001

India

New Delhi

Delhi

22.

Sitar in Petersburg

2008

Russia

NW District

St. Petersburg

23.

SwaraZankar Music Festival

2009

India

Maharashtra

Pune

24.

Riwaayat

2010

India

A.P.

Hyderabad

25.

Mahindra Sanatkada Lucknow

Festival

2010

India

U.P.

Lucknow

26.

Citi-NCPA Aadi Anant Festival

2010

India

Maharashtra

Mumbai

27.

Chaturprahar

2011

India

Maharashtra

Mumbai

28.

Sawai Gandharva Bhimsen

Festival, Hyderabad

2012

India

A.P.

Hyderabad

29.

Swara Samrat Festival

(One time event)

2013

India

West Bengal

Kolkata

30.

Tihai, Shatatantri Media September 18-20

2014

USA

San Francisco

California

As I said, today’s song is in Raag Nand, Tal Kaherava.

Raag Nand belongs to Kalyan Thaat. Its Jati is Shadhav – Sampurna Vakra (Rishabh Varjya in Aaroha, Both Madhyams. Rest all Shuddha Swaras). Raag Nand is also known as Anandi, Anandi Kalyan or Nand Kalyan. This melody impresses instantly and without any difficulty creates its own unique mood. It is to be performed during the second prahar of the night, ie, 9 PM to Midnight.

I do not know of any other song composed in Raag Nand.

(Poster courtesy: Wikipedia)

The song Tu jahan jahan chalega mera saya saath hoga is from the 1966 Raj Khosla movie Mera Saya starring Sunil Dutt and Sadhana. The film was inspired by Marathi film called Pathlaag (Chase) but Mera Saaya was remake of Tamil filmIdhaya Kamalam.

The movie had beautiful songs penned by Raj Mehdi Ali Khan and composed by Madan Mohan. Besides this, the movie had others:

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